This week on The Cigar Authority broadcasting live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire… What do cigar manufacturers talk to each other about? We are joined by Mike Rosales & Skip Martin who make up RoMa Craft Cigars as we launch their new cigar…. In the first hour we light up Aquitaine EMH from The Cigar Authority Care Package while in the second hour we unveil and smoke the Volstead 1920. Join us for all of […]
This week, Jonathan found an old interview with Skip Martin and Mike Rosales of RoMaCraft Tobac from 2011. In the interview in Las Vegas, Dave talks to them during the early stages of their brand. The Cigar Authority is a member of the United Podcast Network and is recorded live in front of a studio audience at Studio 21 Podcast Cafe upstairs at Two Guys Smoke Shop in Salem, NH and as always you can […]
They have some of the most vocal fans on social media, but does RoMa Craft Tobac make Nicaragua’s Best Cigars? We will sit down with Mike Rosales (Ro) and Skip Martin (Ma) and explore the company that makes Cromagnon, Aquitaine and Neanderthal. The boys will offer their cigar review on the Intemperance Avarice and we will see how well Skip and Mike know each other after 10 years of making cigars together. We’ve all made […]
This week on The Cigar Authority we will be joined by couple of Cromagnon Neanderthal’s and the owners of RoMaCraft Tobac; Skip Martin & Mike Rosales. They’ve been in town for a series of events and we spend the full 2 hours of The Cigar Authority with these crazy individuals on a show that is sure to get out of hand fast. We will be smoking the Wanderlust which is available only in the European […]
Mention the word Candela and most people cringe at the thought of smoking a cigar with a green wrapper. It’s long been associated with having a vegetal component, but in recent years that has begun to change. It’s made a bit of a comeback especially as St. Patrick’s Day comes closer. Companies like Illusione, La Flor Dominicana and RoMaCraft have made great candela’s. So much so, they now get a limited release throughout the year […]
There is no person on social media that makes me more furious then Skip Martin. There have been times where I said I would swear off his cigars because of our beliefs being on opposite ends of the spectrum. But if I, Barry Stein have one true friend in the cigar industry it is Skip Martin. I first met his partner Mike Rosales in New Orleans during IPCPR when he was pimping his own lines. […]
Skip Martin and Mike Rosales are part of the new school wave of boutique cigars. Their company Roma Craft Tobac has brought forth some strong, flavorful cigars in their 5 years of existence. With FDA Regulations in place, I find myself worried about the future for this brand, even if Skip Martin himself is not worried about the future. According to the Roma Craft website, “The Aquitaine contains the same long-filler, full-bodied blend found in […]
The much-anticipated CroMagnon Firecracker from Roma Craft Tobac is leaving Nica Sueno today and headed toward New Hampshire’s Two Guys Smoke Shop. On May 19, 2007, Two Guys Smoke Shop owner David Garofalo asked Jose “Don” Pepin Garcia to roll him a short cigar and to put a long pig tail on it. And so the birth of the firecracker came from an idea. The cigar has seen versions made by My Father Cigars, Jose […]
The Tail of THE FIRECRACKER CIGAR Salem, New Hampshire (April 9, 2016) It began on May 19, 2007 at a cigar rolling event at Two Guys Smoke Shop in New Hampshire featuring Jose Don “Pepin” Garcia. David Garofalo, owner and founder of Two Guys Smoke Shop asked Pepin to roll him a short cigar and to put a long pig tail on it. Pepin followed the direction and The Firecracker Cigar was born. Over the […]
In 2012 RoMa Craft was born with a partnership between two friends Michael Rosales and Skip Martin. Prior to their partnership Michael was owner of Costa Rican Imports, and Skip was owner of a cigar shop in Galveston, Texas that was destroyed by Hurricane Ike in 2008. Upon the creation of their company the first cigar they released was Intemperance which is available in two wrappers. Today, we take a look at the Ecuador Connecticut […]